TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIV, Issue 4749, 5 February 1877, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

EUROPEAN C'IBLEGrImsL' RUSSIA'S-COURSE. -'■ ■ ■ WHATSERVIACLAIMS. [PRESS AGENCY.] ; : "LONDON, February'l. : A DEU Ti> mun'on of Russia's course of actiqn is anxio H\y iwuted. It 13 believed Bt» df'sjrcs to tx 1 from the ground she at i *ime of the Czar's spet-ch . . ■ ITj&ia t lanes L M lo Crivoruck, and com>jpi,« s»ar liuon o! he territory. AUSiJ' rr AJ7 CABLEGRAMS. \ ,A!J> vL 11 iHE CITY OF NEWYORK. WRECK OF THE TORRES STRAITSi MAIL STEAMER, [press agency.] SYDNEY, February 3. Arrived, last night, the City of New York. The Torres Straits steamer Singapore has been wrecked off the Queensland coast. No lives were lost. THE CABLE CONFERENCE. — PROPOSED NEW CABLE. SYDNEY, February 3. The Cable Conference closed to-day. The following amongst other, resolutions was carried: —"That the several Governments of South Australia, Queensland, and Western Australia, will be invited to open negotiations for the construction of cables connecting their several colonies with Singapore or Ceylon, and the Government of New Zealand enter into communication with the Government of the United States for the purpose of procuring their consent to contribute to tho payment of any subsidy that may be payable in respect of the same ; and further that in all negotiations of the severa] Governments, the necessity of procuring a reduction of the present, tariff-rates be especially kept in view, the maximum rate being six shilliugs per word."

ADVANCE OF £500,000 TO NEW ZEALAND. SYDNEY, February 2. It is understood that tho New Zealand Government has secured an advance of £500,000 from the Bank of New South Wales, for two years, on favourable terms. ■• — » NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. [FROM OUR OWX CORRESrcXXDESTS.] COROMANDEL, Saturday. The Union Beach lodged 1114ozs. retorted gold to-day, the result of a specimen crushing and general clean up at the company's battery. The directors will doubtless declare a handsome dividend. The lona contractors are making fair progress ; a total distance of 2S feet has been driven. The 171bs. of picked stone from Catran's Pride of Tokateatribute yielded 2ozs. Sdwts. retorted gold. The yield for the week i 3 as follows :— Union Beach, 11140z3. ; Tokatea,. 49ozs. ; Catran's Pride of Tokatea tribute, 2ozs. Sdwts. Total, 11550z3. Sdwts. At the Police Court, William Gage and John Heury Evans appeared to answer a charge of stealing a wooden bucket, value 10s. The prisoners were remanded for a week to give the prosecutor time to obtain authority to proceed with the case. Bail was allowed. HOKIANGA, Saturday. SETTLER DROWNED. George Marriner, contractor, has been missing since Tuesday last. The body was found on Thursday evening, in Te Papa Creek, Waihon. An inquest was held on the 2nd inst, when a verdict of found drowned was returned. TAURANGA, Saturday. Aqnatic business is the order of the day. A summons was issued to-day aeainst Mr. B. Hawkins, for unlawfully practising as a solicitor and barrister without a legal certificate.

Yesterday, Hannon's mail coach, on leaving Rotorua, was attacked by a wild aud furions bull, which followed the coach a considerable distance. The passengers speak highly of Hannon's co irage and his condnct in controlling his Inrses, which were nearly frantic.

WELLINGTON. Satnrday. THE CRICKETERS AT WELLINGTON.

The Eleven arrived by the Wellington at 4.30 to-day, after a smooth passage down. It was raining and blowing when they landed, but a large crowd was gathered on the wharf; a band was playing and guns were being fired at intervals. The match was to have been commenced to-day, but has been postponed till Monday 7 ' Sunday.

It has been raining in torrents this morning, and has every appearance of continuing. The grennd .will _bs in a very bad state unless the sun comes out. . The ground is small, and in a basin •at the foot of hills: just a likely place, to.hold water. The local team seems to be the strongest that could" be obtained, but it is not expected they will make a good fight. Probably they will be beaten worse than Auckland. The Napier people have been trying to get the Eleven to visit them, but there is not much appearance of theiraucceeding, the arrangements of the Englishmen having all been made. Wanganuiwill be visited next; then Taranaki, Nelson, and Greymouth ; but if time presses, one of the smaller places will probably be passed over. [PRESS AGENCY.] NELSON, Saturday. TILE EPISCOPAL SYNOD. At the General Synod last evening, the debate on the Formularies Bill was resnmed by the Rev. Mr. Harvey, who supported the bill He agreed with the desirability of maintaining unity; with the Church of England, but so long as they agreed with England in essentials it did not matter if they differed widely in other respects. He contended that the Constitution was not the sole bond which held them together, and so long as the Church of New Zealand did not lapse into heresy, nothing could justify chnrchm en in leaving

Air. Lusk opposed the bill, which he held ■was virtually the same as that of 1874, when he and Mr. Quick alone amongst the lay members entirely opposed it. They ought to pause before making tho mistake of dul«inc in-legislation'which, was obnoxious to the laity, ami unsettled their minds. Mr. Piersqn;and Mr. Tuma supported the Mr Hirst, as the oldest lay member of the Synod present, said he did not require Archdeacon Harper's aid to understand its unalterable principles. He warned the Synod to be caretul how they tampered with it. • , , , Mr. Kous Martin regretted to hear remarks that the opponents of the bill were ii.'hting in defence of an old rotten gate, instead of making a new one ; for that gate which was called old and rotten really was t*ie honour and good faith of the New Zealand Churches, which bound them together in a voluntary compact. The Constitution tuade the Synod, not the Synod the Constitution. Oα behalf of the great body of churchmen—the unlearned part if they liked —who did aot understand these legal and clerical subtleties, but entertained a deep and loyal attachment for the Church of England the connection with which formed the sole claim of the New Zealand Church on the-'r allegiance, he opposed the bill, as tending to separation from the mother Church. , . ,~, Mr Ackland pointed out that had no bill been on the statute book last session, statutes 19 aud 20 could not have been passed, but mast have been referred to the Diocesan Synods, and brought up again for the consideration of this Synod. If the measure were carried the power of the laity in the Synoa, and the Diocesian Synods would enable them to check any hasty chaDges,

•^-Mr. Pickering opposed the bill, ■which he considered they could hot pass ■without first altering the Constitution. -.....- ;• The Bishop of Dnnedin thought they ought to have started'from the point at which they were left by last Synod. Some still' held that we were an integral part of the English Church: That was the position of the , Australian Church, not of the New "Zealand! No Synod could bind its successors for-ever.' As to the argument that there was .no present danger of changes' being-made, : 'it was not the part of a "reasonable .being 'to wait until actual danger.arrived before guarding! againsfc.it..: .:■■■■ ■ •.• •■ : The Rev. Mr. Watkihs opposed the bill as having a tendency to pave the way to' change. . Mr. Fell followed against the bill, and' the Primate and the Bishop of Nelson in! favour of it, and the Rev. Mr. Austen against it,..after which Archdeacon Harper* replied. . ... . . i

Synod then divided on the bill, ,when the votes were : —Ayes : Bishops, 5 ; clergy, 7 ; laity, 7. Noes: Clergy, 12j laity, 1,4.. The motion was therefore lost.

The Synod adjourned at 11.45 p,.ni. WELLINGTON, Sunday.- ' About .half-past eleven last night rainagain came on very hard, and poured in j torrents nil night, and it has been raining all day without intermission. Unless the weather holds up soon, and a strong wind sets in, cricket with the All-England Eleven will be almost impossible to-morrow.

DQNEDIN, Saturday. The Fire Brigade Demonstration Committee report, receipts of £545; disbursements, £501. The balance has been handed : to the Duncdin Brigade. . . Mr. Murray addressed his constituents at' Milton last evening. About 100 were pre- ; sent. .A vote of thanks was passed. Madame Scott Siddons has been bo successful here that she will stay another week.

PORT CHALMERS, Saturday. A slip has occurred on the Port Chalmers line. Fully a hundred tons of stone fell on. the line. The debris has been removed, and: traffic is now unimpeded. >:, ■